Combined railway cross-tie and chair.



No. 709,787. Patented Sept. 23, I902.

8. LOVE.

COMBINED RAILWAY CROSS TIE AND CHAIR.

(Appliqation filed May 29. 1902.1

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SAMUEL LOVE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MONROE L.SIMON.

COMBINED RAILWAY CROSS TIE AND CHAIR.

iiPEGIIEIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,787, datedSeptember 23, 1902.

Application filed May 29, 1902. Serial No. 109,548. (No model.)

To ctZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Love, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway Cross-Tiesand Chairs, of which the following is a speci fication.

This invention relates to certain new and to useful improvements incombined railway cross-ties and chairs.

The invention aims to construct a combined metallic railway cross-tieand chair not only for supporting track-rails, but so constructed as toprovide mearis herein described for securing the track-rails thereon.

The invention further aims to construct a combined metallic railwaycross-tie and chair which shall be simple in its construction,

strong, durable, efficient in its use, and comparatively inexpensive tomanufacture and set up; and to this end it consists of the novelcombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specificallydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, wherein like numerals of referenceindicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of the combined cross-tie and chair. Fig.2 is a perspective view of one end thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail of one ofthe clamping-plates. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan of the chair and tie. Figs.5 and 6 are a longitudinal and a cross section,

respectively, of one end of the combined chairand tie; and Fig. 7 isatop plan of one end of the combined chair and tie, showing a modifiedform of bearingv and clamping plates.

5 Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 denotes the chairs,which are of shell conformation and provided at their lower end with anoutwardly-extendin g flange 2. The chairs (may be of any preferred form,

but, as shown, are provided with the sides extending upwardly andinwardly at an inclination. Integral with the top of the chairs 2 is across-tie 3, having arranged centrally of its lower face adownwardly-extending strengthening-web 4,which extends the entire 5 5length of the cross-tie 3 and terminates into a strengthening-rib 5,integral with the inner face of one of the walls of the chair. Thecross-tie 3 at each end is formed of .a greater width than the remainingportion, as at 6, this wider portion being formed integral with thechairs 1, and is provided at each side with an upwardly-extending plate7, each of which has its inner face formed with an integral rib 8.Arranged between as well as integral with each pairof plates 7 at eachwider portion 6 of the cross-tie is a transversely-extendingbearing-plate 9, provided with a pair of screw-threaded openings 10. Thebearing-plate 9 does not extend to the top edge of the plate 7 but asuitable distance below the same, so that a cushioning device,preferably a block of wood 11, can be mounted between the plates 7.

The reference-numerals 12 13 denote the clamping-plates for thetrack-rail 14. Each of these clamping-plates carries a clampingscrew 15,which is adapted to extend through the screw-threaded opening in thebearingplate 9. Each side of each of the clampingplates is cut away toform a recess 16, in which is adapted to engage the rib 8 of itscorresponding plate 7. The ribs 8 retain the clamping-plates between theplates 7, as well as to prevent any vertical movement of theclamping-plates 12 13 and also guide the clamping-plates in theirmovement. Each of the clamping-plates 13 has its inner face formed withan elongated groove 17, forming thereby a flange 18. The groovel'iisadapted to receive the edge of the base of the rail, and the flangeis adapted to engage the upper face of the base of the track-rail, sothat when the clamping-plates are arranged in their securing positionthe track-rail will be 5 retained in position. In the modified form ofconstruction shown the reference-numeral 19 denotes a bearingplateprovided with screw-threaded openings 20 and a wing at each side, as at21. The

wings 21 and plate form a support for the cushioning device. Thescrew-threaded openings in the plate 19 are arranged at each side of thewings 21, and the clamping-plates are cut away at their tops, as shown.

The track-rail 14 is secured in position in the following manner:Assuming that the combined cross-tie and chairs have been arranged inposition, the clamping-plates 12 13 are separated or moved apart by theu nscrewing of the clamping-screws 15. Thecushioning device 11 ismounted upon the bearing plate 9 or 19, the said cushioning device 11being formed at each end with a flange, so it will also extend upon theplates 7. The trackrail is then mounted upon the cushioning device 11and the clamping-plates adjusted so that the flanges 18 will engage bothsides of the base of the track-rail and secure the track-rail inposition. The clamping-plates 15 are adjusted to such position by meansof the clamping-screws 15.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be evident that the advantages of'thecombined cross-tie and chairs, therefore, are strength, durability, andcheapness and that a further ad vantage lies in the eflicient manner inwhich the track-rail can be readily secured to the cross-tie as well asreadily removed therefrom-ahat is, the track-rail, if it be desired. Afurther advantage is the strength of the tie and'chairobtained byproviding the former with thestrengthening-web and the latter with thestrengthening-rib,

and it will also be evident from the foregoing that Ihave devised asimple and novel form of combined cross-tie and chair provided withmeans for attaching the track-rails thereto, and while the structuralembodiment of the invention as herein described is what I at the presenttime consider the preferable it is evident that changes, variations, andmodifications may be resorted to without departing from the spirit ofthe invention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and I therefore donot wish to restrict myself to the details of const rnction hereinbefore described and as shown in the accompanying drawings, but reservethe right to make such changes, variations, and modifications as comeproperly Within the scope of the protection prayed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, a pair of chairs, a cross-tieintegral therewith, a strengtheningweb integral with the crosstie, astrengthening-rib integral with each of the chairs and terminating atits top in the said web, a pair of vertical plates integral at each endwith the said cross-tie, a bearingplate arranged between each pair ofthe said plates, a clamping-plate arranged at each side of the saidbearing-plate, a clamping-screw for each of the said clamping-platesextending through the bearing-plates, and a cushioning device mountedupon each of the bearing-plates and engaging the saidverticallyextending plates.

2. In a device of the character described, a pair of chairs, a cross-tieintegral therewith, a pair of vertical plates at each end of the saidcross-tie and provided on the inner face thereof with a rib, abearing-plate arranged removably connected to said bearing-plates,

and a cushioning device arranged between and mounted upon said verticalplates.

4. In a device of the character described, a cross-tie provided on itsinner face with a strengthening-web, means for supporting said tie, apair of vertical plates connected to each end of the said tie, abearing-plate integral with and arranged between the said verticalplat-es, a clamping device mounted within and retained upon each end ofthe tie by the said vertical and bearing plates, and a cushioning devicemounted upon the said vertical and bearing plates.

5. In a device of the character described, a pair of chairs ofshell-like formation, each of which is provided with a strengthening-ribon its inner face, a cross-tie integral with the said chairs andprovided with a strengthening-web on its inner face terminating in therib of the chairs, and a pair of clamping devices for track-railsmounted upon and connected with the said cross-tie.

o. In a device of the character described, a pair of chairs ofshell-like formation, each of which is provided with astrengthening-rib, a cross-tie integral with the said chairs andprovided with a strengthening-web terminating in the ribs of the chairs,a pair of vertical plates integral with the cross-tie at each endthereof and each of which is provided .on its inner face with a rib, aclamping device arranged between each pair of plates and retainedtherein by means of the ribs of the plates, and acushioning devicemounted upon and extending between the said plates.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL LOVE.

Witnesses: I

GEO. W. REA, JAMES JULIUS HOCHFELDER.

